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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the novel opens, what meal does Carter like to have out?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Midnight snack.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Lunch.

2. Where was Maria born?
(a) Austin, Texas.
(b) San Jose, California.
(c) Boise, Idaho.
(d) Reno, Nevada.

3. What was the domestic and foreign gross of the second picture Carter made with Maria?
(a) Just under eight million.
(b) Way over eight million.
(c) Barely one million.
(d) Just at one million.

4. Whom is the New York Times profile about that Helene brings with her to see Maria?
(a) Helene.
(b) BZ.
(c) Maria.
(d) Carter.

5. What does BZ do with the first picture that Carter made with Maria that she doesn't like?
(a) He runs it often.
(b) He destroys it.
(c) He sells it.
(d) He seldom runs it.

6. What does the receptionist at Freddy Chaikin's office tell Maria when she arrives without calling?
(a) He's in the projection room.
(b) He's with another client.
(c) He's on the phone.
(d) He's left for lunch.

7. How does everything look to Maria as she leaves the house where she had her abortion?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Eerie.
(d) Lonely.

8. How does Maria respond to Carter when he says, regarding the baby's father, "I suppose you're going to tell me it's not mine"?
(a) "It is yours."
(b) "No."
(c) "I don't know."
(d) "Yes."

9. After he returns from his film shoot, how does Carter respond to Maria's question if he's going to stay at the house in Beverly Hills?
(a) "I paid for it, didn't I?"
(b) "All my things are here, aren't they?"
(c) "I thought you wanted me to."
(d) "You weren't supposed to be here."

10. According to the doctor who gives Maria the abortion, what "should be the sound of music" to her?
(a) The air conditioner.
(b) The movie.
(c) The scraping.
(d) The doctor's voice.

11. Besides Carter, who might be the father of Maria's baby?
(a) Freddy.
(b) Les Goodwin.
(c) Larry Kulik.
(d) BZ.

12. When Maria comes home from Freddy Chaikin's office what does she do instead of calling Les Goodwin?
(a) She lies by the pool.
(b) She calls Carter.
(c) She lies on Kate's bed.
(d) She watches the news.

13. According to Helene, what is often true of selfish women?
(a) They drive very fast.
(b) They drink heavily.
(c) They don't smoke.
(d) They don't put on weight.

14. How many dollars does Maria withdraw in cash from the bank to pay for the abortion?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Seven hundred-fifty.
(c) Three hundred.
(d) One thousand.

15. What object does Maria keep in her makeup box that she is careful not to examine?
(a) A hairbrush from her mother.
(b) A watch from her father.
(c) A brooch from her mother.
(d) A letter from her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carter threaten Maria with if she does NOT have an abortion?

2. According to Maria, "_______always spoke on the telephone as if a spurious urgency could mask her radical lack of interest in talking to anyone."

3. How does BZ respond when Maria asks him if he ever gets tired of doing favors for people?

4. What was the studio cut of the second picture Carter made with Maria?

5. What is Maria consumed by after her mother's death when she lived in New York?

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